localization and customization

English translation: localization and customization

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Unlike the simple transcription of the text of a product into a target language, localization is a way of integrating the whole of the product cohesively into the language and culture of the target group. If localization has been truly successful, then the French or German (or any other) purchaser will own a product which they would perceive as having been developed and produced in their own country - not as something that has been developed abroad, converted and then imported.

To be effective and to sell , the localized product must be 100%-attuned to the expectations of the target group and those who influence it, with particular regard to its language, age range and sub-culture, and to the nature of the product itself. How is localization achieved?

Customization or personalization. The word, which is now commonly used even if it comes from the English word \"custom\", means that production is carried out according to customer\'s specific needs

Many customers, in particular when they are part of major groups, for example of motorcar industries, need that the machines, which are installed in their plants, respect their specific standards in order to make mainteinance service and machine operation easy.

Customization is exactly the opposite of standardization. It means that production is so flexible to satisfy all customer\'s needs and that producers do not impose their standard products on all customers.

Unlike the simple transcription of the text of a product into a target language, localization is a way of integrating the whole of the product cohesively into the language and culture of the target group. If localization has been truly successful, then the French or German (or any other) purchaser will own a product which they would perceive as having been developed and produced in their own country - not as something that has been developed abroad, converted and then imported.

To be effective and to sell , the localized product must be 100%-attuned to the expectations of the target group and those who influence it, with particular regard to its language, age range and sub-culture, and to the nature of the product itself. How is localization achieved?

Customization or personalization. The word, which is now commonly used even if it comes from the English word \"custom\", means that production is carried out according to customer\'s specific needs

Many customers, in particular when they are part of major groups, for example of motorcar industries, need that the machines, which are installed in their plants, respect their specific standards in order to make mainteinance service and machine operation easy.

Customization is exactly the opposite of standardization. It means that production is so flexible to satisfy all customer\'s needs and that producers do not impose their standard products on all customers.

Explanation:localization can have two meanings, one is to handle the management and operation to local people as far as possible, and second is to provide product meeting the local people's expections and habbits etc.

Explanation:Localisation is much more than translation - it is the whole process of adapting software for use in another country. Clearly translation is a vital part, but it is also important to adapt the software, the user guides, the help pages and even the packaging. A classic example is that of an American company that packaged its software in purple boxes. But in some countries, that colour is associated with funerals, thus putting off prospective purchasers. So part of the localisation project involved selecting a different colour.

Customisation usually means adapting software and to a particular user's requirements. Microsoft Windows, for example, allows you to change various things such as the desktop display, what software is automatically loaded at start-up etc. At the other extreme, large-scale corporate applications often provide for very extensive adaptations of the underlying software to suit the corporation's information requirements.

Explanation:Localization=To deliver a software or similar package as per the need of a language/dialect of a particular geological or linguistic area.For example a software package or O.S. in Bengali or Bhojpuri.
Customization=To create and deliver a software or similar package from a pre-existing software in accordance with the need and order of a customer. For example to develop a Database package in Oracle as per the need and order of a hospital or a hotel.